Acting

Paola Borboni

Born 1900-01-01 · Golese

Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre. She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990. Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride. She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa filmBlue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990. She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995. (wikipedia)

Acting credits

Roman Holiday poster
7.9

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

Roman Holiday

1953

I Vitelloni poster
7.6

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

I Vitelloni

1953

La freccia nel fianco poster
6.5

A married woman fights her strange attraction to an aristocratic young pianist from her past.

La freccia nel fianco

1945

Melody of Love poster
9.0

A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.

Melody of Love

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Finalmente sì

1944

When Women Had Tails poster
4.3

Seven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all vegetation they set out to find a new place to live.

When Women Had Tails

1970

Yes, Giorgio poster
3.9

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

Yes, Giorgio

1982

Complexes poster
7.0

In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.

Complexes

1965

Arabella poster
7.5

A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother.

Arabella

1967

La Cage aux Folles II poster
6.1

In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. Now on the run from ruthless agents, Albin and Renato flee to Italy where they attempt to hide out on a farm, with Albin posing as Renato's wife. Can Albin escape the deadly pursuit of these relentless spies or does he have to sustain this charade - as a woman - forever?

La Cage aux Folles II

1980

How Funny Can Sex Be? poster
5.7

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.

How Funny Can Sex Be?

1973

High School poster
6.5

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.

High School

1954

Jealousy poster
6.4

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.

Jealousy

1953

Fatty Girl Goes to New York poster
6.0

An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.

Fatty Girl Goes to New York

1982

The Biggest Bundle of Them All poster
5.6

A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

1968

Rosso e nero poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosso e nero

1954

Il nemico poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il nemico

1943

Nina, non far la stupida poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nina, non far la stupida

1938

Between Miracles poster
7.2

Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and made him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That fact will determine his life, which will be affected by inner torment caused by the confrontation between sexual desires and sacrifices of faith, sin and grace.

Between Miracles

1971

A Maiden for the Prince poster
6.1

Young Prince Vincenzo Gonzaga, rejects his first wife Margherita Farnese, obtaining the annulment of the union and, at the same time, raising strong doubts about her virginity

A Maiden for the Prince

1965

Mi permette babbo! poster
6.9

While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.

Mi permette babbo!

1956

On Trial poster
6.8

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.

On Trial

1954

The Best Part poster
7.1

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...

The Best Part

1955

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio poster
5.9

The film is divided into two episodes, The Hair of Disgrace and The Magician, both focusing on the theme of the occult and beliefs. The title translates as "Eye, Evil Eye, Parsley and Fennel".

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

1983